Cleaning My Ecard House

Have you got some Ecard sites you hit almost daily, even if the post is old ? I have some sites I hit and drop on and was noticing that many of them looked the same so I did a second look, and noticed some of the posts were 4 to 6 months old.

These folks still drop on me, and still advertise at my site, I guess they are on an extended break.

The others I left messages on the Ecard site asking their status, and if they were still blogging.

It takes precious time to make drops, and if no one is available to appreciate the effort, seems like a waste.

Just a thought

Ghost Droppers And Such

I have been a member of Entrecard for a little more than a year now, and like how it works.

I like the way I get to find new blogs to check out, and I like making friends with the folks I meet from there.

I have been reading about all the ghost dropping, and was unaware of it until last week, but I wanted to check it out for myself.

I have seen those sites that have the ads that proclaim " drop 300 in minutes " and I looked into a few.

They opened the site and all the content for me to see, so I guess there was no cheating there.

I came across another that when clicked, opened up 15 to 20 DROP blocks in yellow. No Ecard widget, no site, no content. I guess that's where the cheat was.

Just to let everyone know, I have my personal collection of sites that I go to and I drop on. My other drops are made through the CMF spikes and adgitize.

I normally do not get in all 300 drops a day, but if I stop on your site, you can be sure I looked around and stayed for a while

What's E-card Up To Now ?

First I read that there are no more paid ads, but then I find more paid ads waiting for my approval.
When I remove them from my site, I find my ranking drops.
Today, I get this Email

Hi everyone,
We hope that you have been pleased with Entrecard’s progress. The management team has been working hard to improve Entrecard and we thank you for your patience.

We have noticed that the total number of Entrecard credits in the system has grown rapidly. This has been due to the fact that more credits are being created than credits are leaving the system. If this inflation continues, Entrecard credits will be worth less and less.

To ensure a stable credit economy and reduce the outstanding credits, Entrecard will no longer give Entrecard credits to the person receiving a drop. In other words, instead of awarding 2 credits for each drop (one to the dropper and one to the blog site owner), only 1 credit will be given to the dropper. This change will be effective September 1, 2009 and will last until further notice.

We have explored many other options to deflate the credit economy and we have found this route to be the easiest and fairest way to resolve the problem for the time being. While this may seem like a set back, it has its advantages. In the long run, the prices to advertise on blogs will decline making advertising more affordable.

While we recognize your concerns, please understand that it is one of our goals to have a healthy Entrecard credit economy. This is a huge change we're making and we will continue to monitor the credit economy.
We will continue to make changes as necessary to accommodate a healthy Entrecard economy. Thank you for your support and understanding.

Cindy Ung
Director of Business Development


I hope they know what they are doing : (